How does PlayHaven payments work?

djv1120

I have found a little bit of information on the forum, but still have some questions on how PlayHaven works as far as paying out. From what I can tell, there is no tracking which is a bummer. This could cause some problems because I am making games and so is my son. When it comes time to pay, I'm not sure how we will be able to tell who earned what. Also, I have heard it is something like 3 months before payment comes. That is a long time to not know if you are making any money. Another bummer.

If anybody can let me know what to expect as far as payment and tracking that would be much appreciated.

Thanks so much,
Dave

osucowboy18

Hey Dave,

Ya, unfortunately, PlayHaven reporting lacks a lot of key features to give those that integrate it into their apps the info they would like, but at the present time, here's what you can expect.

After you publish your first PlayHaven-enabled game, it will take a minimum of 90 days to see your first report. After that, you will see reports monthly, but three months or so behind. Upon receiving your report, you will be sent a PayPal payment for the net revenue earned, if that amount exceeds US$100.00 However, we've been paid when our balance was less than $100 in the past, but I can't confirm if that will continue. Even if your balance is less than the $100 threshold, you will still be emailed a report with your earnings.

On each report, you are only told the gross and net revenue generated from ALL your apps combined. I can't confirm how much info (or the lack their of) you will get if you have PlayHaven integrated into multiple apps, as we have only seen reports as of now of only one app's revenue. My advice, if you and your son are both developing games with PlayHaven enabled ads, is for you to determine the percentages each of your apps was downloaded for a given month, and then base the distribution of revenue from those numbers.

So for example, if at the end of February, your app(s) were downloaded 6,000 times and your son's app(s) were downloaded 4,000 times, you would get 60% of PlayHaven revenue for the month of February while your son would get 40%. Obviously, this isn't a perfect setup, but until GameSalad can provide us with more exact numbers, it seems like the only fair option available.

Hope this info was helpful to you!

- Alex

djv1120

Thanks for the input Alex. Hopefully, this will be upgraded soon - I think I saw mention somewhere of better tracking. I can't imagine it would be too hard to change the program to allow us to put our own account information in and then we can track it by ourselves. Especially when I am just starting, I hate having to wait 90+ days to see how things are doing other than the iAds earnings.